Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT06677684
The Effect of Adjunct Vitamin a on Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Southern Iranian Children: a Randomized Clinical Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 105 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This randomized clinical trial included 105 children with CAP who were admitted to Bandar Abbas Children's Hospital. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: a control group receiving standard antibiotic therapy and an intervention group receiving standard antibiotics plus vitamin A (25,000 IU for 2 days). Key data collected included age, sex, duration of hospitalization, treatment duration, and daily Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) scores.
Detailed description
Children to present with CAP symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Vitamin A | the intervention group received standard antibiotics plus adjunctive vitamin A supplementation (25,000 IU daily for two days) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2021-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-09-01
- Completion
- 2021-09-18
- First posted
- 2024-11-07
- Last updated
- 2024-11-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Iran
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06677684. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.